The purpose for this research is to analyze flow patterns for the swirling upper-lid driven cavity flow in cylindrical coordinates. The swirling upper-lid driven cavity flow is very important for a water quality improvement in lakes/ponds. To survey aspects of such flows numerically and mathematically in a simple system, the flow induced by the top boundary condition which forces a horizontal rotating flow is investigated here. Simulations of flows created by the top boundary condition are carried out to obtain steady-state solutions with various Reynolds numbers and aspect ratios.
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